Monthly Archives: October 2013

The advent of the ‘new’ swim suits by FINA has brought back smaller swim suits and by default this has brought back the importance of shaving down. I think that for the swimmers of previous generations shaving down technique was simply passed down … Continue reading →

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Gary

I competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul representing Canada and coached in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics for Great Britain. I have a degree in History and a minor degree in Psychology from University of Calgary. I have travelled extensively and have been very lucky to see so much of the world while representing Canada and Great Britain at swimming competitions. I am very proud of the fact that I coached a swimmer to become number one in the world in the fastest swimming race in 2002. I pride myself in my ability to find new and interesting ways to teach swimming. I am an accomplished artist specialising in sculpture, I have another blog called 'swimmingart' where I publish some of my swimming drawings. I have three young children; all boys. I have recently taken up painting and yoga....but not at the same time.
You can see my new paintings at:
https://www.artgallery.co.uk/artist/gary_Vandermeulen